Triple
T994720
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ta-Nehisi Coates |
E21469
|
entity |
| Predicate | educatedAt |
P5
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Howard University |
E1775
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Howard University | Statement: [Ta-Nehisi Coates, educatedAt, Howard University]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard University Context triple: [Ta-Nehisi Coates, educatedAt, Howard University]
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A.
Howard University
chosen
Howard University is a renowned historically Black private research university known for its significant contributions to African American education, culture, and leadership.
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B.
Cheyney State Teachers College
Cheyney State Teachers College, now known as Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, is a historically Black public university recognized as the oldest HBCU in the United States.
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C.
Morehouse College
Morehouse College is a historically Black, all-male liberal arts college in Atlanta, Georgia, renowned for producing prominent African American leaders including Martin Luther King Jr.
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D.
North Carolina Central University
North Carolina Central University is a public historically Black university known for its strong liberal arts, law, and business programs.
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E.
Tuskegee University
Tuskegee University is a historically Black university in Tuskegee, Alabama, renowned for its legacy in African American education, engineering, and the sciences.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69a493c476b48190b41fc5e793171cc6 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b4c75de88190bf7fec7a053f7a90 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:51 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac9968ff4c81909e8e454b7e1e9137 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 9:32 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.